Rabbi Akiva

Rabbi Akiva
16th-century illustration
Title	Tanna
Personal
Born	c. 50 CE Lod, Judaea, Roman Empire
Died	(0135-09-28)28 September 135 Caesarea, Judaea, Roman Empire
Religion	Judaism
Buried	Tiberias, Galilee

Akiva ben Joseph (Mishnaic Hebrew: עֲקִיבָא בֶּן יוֹסֵף, ʿĂqīḇāʾ ben Yōsēp̄; c. 50 – 28 September 135 CE),^[1] also known as Rabbi Akiva (רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא), was a leading Jewish scholar and sage, a tanna of the latter part of the first century and the beginning of the second. Rabbi Akiva was a leading contributor to the Mishnah and to Midrash halakha. He is referred to in Tosafot as Rosh la-Hakhamim ("Chief of the Sages").^[2] He was executed by the Romans in the aftermath of the Bar Kokhba revolt.